Homeopathy for Horses

Homeopathy for Horses is a holistic system of healing
horses based on the use of highly diluted natural substances
to trigger a healing response in the horse's body.

The basic principal of equine homeopathy is that any
substance that can cause a disease, can also be the principle cure - "like
cures like".

If given in stronger doses to a healthy horse the chosen
medication would produce the symptoms the medicine is prescribed for.

This applies to horses and ponies as well as to human patients.

The more dilute a remedy, the more potent and effective it is.

The difference between using conventional drugs on your horse or pony
and equine homeopathic remedies is that the drugs treat
the symptoms and homeopathy is designed to treat the cause of the horse's
symptoms.

After herbal medicine, homeopathy is the second most widely used health
care system in the world.

Administering Homeopathic Remedies to Horses

The most important thing to remember when giving a horse
a homeopathic remedy is that you must NEVER
touch the pellets/tablets or drops with your hands as this
may neutralise them and make them ineffective.

You can place the pellets or drops into a syringe or other container.

If that is too difficult, you can let your horse lick
the pellets out of a dish or dissolve the pellets in
a small amount of water and pour it (or the drops) on a small food item
that will absorb it, like a small piece of bread or a sugar cube.

You must not feed anything else for at least 30 minutes
after giving your horse his homeopathic remedy and not offer water for
at least 15 minutes.

It is best if you only use one remedy at a time so that you can tell
if that remedy is working.

How are Homeopathic Remedies made?

The raw extracts of the substances are made into a tincture with
alcohol which forms the basis of the dilution procedure.
Dilutions are made up to either 1
part tincture to 10 parts water (1x) or 1 part tincture to 100 parts water (1c).
Repeated dilution results in the familiar 6x, 6c or 30c potencies that can be
bought over the counter: the 30c contains less than 1 part per million of the
original substance.

A guide to equine homeopathic treatments and homeopathy remedies for horses.
With advice on dosage for Equine homeopathy for horses using arnica for bruising,
Arsenicum and aconite for colic, nux vomica and thuja